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Patented Sept. 7, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JAMES MGGEE, OF SCOTT COUNTY, IOVA.

WHEEL-CULTIVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,760, dated September 7, 1886.

Application filed May 3, 1886. Serial No. 201.015.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JAMES MOGEE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain Improvements in Vheeled Cultivators Intended to be Propelled by Hand, of which the following is a specification.

` The object of my invention is to spread the beams apart laterally by spring-power, so as to keep the shovels or knives from cutting the plants, requiring the operator to exert force in opposition to the spring to cause the shovels or knives to come nea-rer to the plants; also, to utilize the spring as a brace between the beam and axle, rendering the manipulation of the implement easier and less danger of one wheel getting ahead of the other.

The invention is shown in connection with an ordinary two-wheeled cultivator having an arched axle and two laterally-moving dragbars terminating in handles'for propelling the implement and moving the bars laterally.

1 attain these objects by the mechanism illus- .trated in the accompanying drawings, of

which Figure l is a top view of the lower horizontal `section of the cnltivator. Fig. 2 is a rear view of a vertical section of the cultivater. Fig. 3-is a side viewot the cultivator. Fig. i is a perspective view of the knife and standard and eyebolt for securing the same upon the beam through the slot therein, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the shovels and standards.

Silnilar letters rel'er to similar partsthroughout the several views.

The ends of the arched axle-tree A are inserted in the hubs of the wheels F F, and secured by the shoulders thereon and the pins c c, or in any other well-known manner. The beams M M have at their rear ends the handles C C, bolted or secured thereto, and the front ends of said beams M M are bolted to the axle A, between the arch and wheel F, in any of the well-known ways, so that the beams M M may be movedlaterally. Standards are secured to the beams M M by the device shown in Figs. 4 and 3, the eyebolt passing through slot a, and secured by nut and thread or by (No model.)

any well-known method, so that the shovelsP P or knife K may enter the ground. This combination constitutes a well-known handcultivator. To this I add the features of my invention, which are the curved springs S S, attached as follows: The front end of each spring S is secured by a clip-bolt, \V, or other convenient means, to the axle A, between the wheel F and beam M, its rear end being bolted to the handle C, the force or power of the spring being lateral and outward toward the wheel. The spring S, when thus attached, exerts a lateral and outward force, carrying the beam M and shovels P P or knife K, attached outwardly, toward the track of the wheel and away from the plants, requiring the operator to use force to press the handles inward to move the beam M in the same direction and cause the shovels P P or knife K to come closer to the plants. The spring S also acts as a brace between the handle C and axle A, causing the wheels F F to run parallel, and preventing one wheel from running in advance of the other, steadying the implement and rendering it easy of manipulation. The culti vator is propelled by the operator pushing the same by the handles O O, and the shovels P P or knife K guided nearer to the plants bv the operator forcing the handles C Cinwardly, and upon the operator desisting from exerting such force the spring S thereupon forces the beam M outward.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure bv Letters Patent, isu In combination with a two-wheeled handcultivator having an arched axle, two rear laterally-moving beams with shovels or knives and handles for propelling or guiding connected therewith, the curved springs S S, each attached at one end to the axle between the wheel and beam and at the opposite end to the handle, so as to exert a force to move the beam outwardly toward the wheel and act as a brace between the axle and rear laterallymoving beam, substantially as described.

JAMES MCGEE. Vitnesses:

J. W. STEWART, ANDREW MILEs. 

